Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1838 - 1839. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Osman, owner Ali Aga. steel, bone, silver, coral; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work, gilding yatagan: 775 : 625 : 36 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000284 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with quite large truncated ears and a gilt metal band, on which the decoration is of filigree and seven longish grooved corals. On the continuation of the hand filigree decoration of ringlet, and on the leaf-shaped part a filigree decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. On one side of the blade, a silver damascened medallion with the seal of Solomon, in the centre of which a rosette is inscribed. On the other side an Arabic translation that in translation runs: 'Made by Osman, owner Ali Aga. 1254. (AH)'. Wants scabbard. Found in Bosnia. Donated by Ivan Pajlok, teacher in Zagreb.?? BIBLIOGRAPHY: Boskovic, Dora. Zbirka jatagana u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu = The Yatagan Collection of the Croatian History Museum, Zagreb. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XLI. Zagreb : Hrvatski povijesni muzej, 2006. Kat. No. 72; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 62..